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SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: History
Organizing Topic
Enlightenment
Ideas
Benchmark
A. Explain connections between the ideas of the
Enlightenment and changes in the relationships between
citizens and their governments.
Enlightenment
Ideas
B. Explain the social, political and economic effects of
industrialization.
Imperialism
C. Analyze the reasons that countries gained control of
territory through imperialism and the impact on people
living in the territory that was controlled. (Continued)
Approved: 6/25/09
Indicator
1. Explain how Enlightenment ideas produced enduring
effects on political, economic and cultural institutions,
including challenges to religious authority, monarchy and
absolutism.
2. Explain connections among Enlightenment ideas, the
American Revolution, the French Revolution and Latin
American wars for independence.
3. Explain the causes and effects of the Industrial
Revolution with emphasis on:
• How scientific and technological changes promoted
industrialization in the textile industry in England
• The impact of the growth of population, rural-tourban migrations, growth of industrial cities, and
emigration out of Europe
• The changing role of labor and the rise of the union
movement
• Changes in living and working conditions for the
early industrial working class, especially women and
children
• The growth of industrialization around the world
4. Describe the political, economic and social roots of
imperialism.
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: History
Organizing Topic
Imperialism
20th Century
Conflict
Benchmark
C. Analyze the reasons that countries gained control of
territory through imperialism and the impact on people
living in the territory that was controlled.
D. Connect developments related to World War I with the
onset of World War II. (Continued)
Indicator
5. Analyze the perspectives of the colonizers and the
colonized concerning:
• Indigenous language
• Natural resources
• Labor
• Political systems
• Religion
6. Explain the global impact of imperialism including:
• Modernization of Japan
• Political and social reform in China
• Exploitation of African resources
7. Analyze the causes and effects of World War I with
emphasis on:
• Militarism, imperialism, nationalism, and alliances
• The global scope, outcomes, and human costs of the
war
• The role of new technologies and practices including
the use of poison gas, trench warfare, machine guns,
airplanes, submarines, and tanks
• The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
8. Analyze the causes and consequences of the Russian
Revolution including:
• The lack of economic, political and social reforms
under the tsars
• The impact of World War I
• The emergence of Lenin, Stalin and the Bolsheviks
• The rise of communism in Russia
Approved: 6/25/09
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: History
Organizing Topic
20th Century
Conflict
20th Century
Conflict
Benchmark
D. Connect developments related to World War I with the
onset of World War II.
Indicator
9. Assess the global impact of post-World War I economic,
social, and political turmoil including:
• Disarmament
• Worldwide depression
• Colonial rebellion
• Rise of military and totalitarian states in Europe and
Asia
10. Analyze the causes of World War II including:
• Appeasement
• Axis expansion
• The role of the Allies
E. Analyze connections between World War II, the Cold War, 11. Analyze the consequences of World War II including:
and contemporary conflicts. (Continued)
• Atomic weapons
• Civilian and military losses
• The Holocaust and its impact
• Refugees and poverty
• The United Nations
• The establishment of the state of Israel
12. Analyze the impact of conflicting political and economic
ideologies after World War II that resulted in the Cold
War including:
• Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe
• The division of Germany
• The emergence of NATO and the Warsaw Pact
• The Chinese Communist Revolution
Approved: 6/25/09
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: History
Organizing Topic
20th Century
Conflict
Benchmark
Indicator
E. Analyze connections between World War II, the Cold War, 13. Examine social, economic, and political struggles
and contemporary conflicts.
resulting from colonialism and imperialism including:
• Independence movements in India, Indochina, and
Africa
• Rise of dictatorships in former colonies
14. Explain the causes and consequences of the fall of the
Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War including:
• The arms build-up
• Ethnic unrest in the Soviet Union
• Independence movements in former Soviet satellites
• Global decline of communism
15. Examine regional and ethnic conflict in the post-Cold
War era including:
• Persistent conflict in the Middle East
• Ethnic strife in Europe, Africa, and Asia
Approved: 6/25/09
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: People In Societies
Organizing Topic
Cultures
Benchmark
A. Analyze the influence of different cultural perspectives on
the actions of groups.
Interaction
B. Analyze the consequences of oppression, discrimination
and conflict between cultures.
Diffusion
C. Analyze the ways that contacts between people of different
cultures result in exchanges of cultural practices.
Approved: 6/25/09
Indicator
1. Analyze examples of how people in different cultures
view events from different perspectives including:
• Creation of the state of Israel
• Partition of India and Pakistan
• Reunification of Germany
• End of apartheid in South Africa
2. Analyze the results of political, economic, and social
oppression and the violation of human rights including:
• The exploitation of indigenous peoples
• The Holocaust and other acts of genocide, including
those that have occurred in Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia
and Iraq
3. Explain how advances in communication and
transportation have impacted:
• Globalization
• Cooperation and conflict
• The environment
• Collective security
• Popular culture
• Political systems
• Religion
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: Geography
Organizing Topic
Benchmark
Places and Regions A. Analyze the cultural, physical, economic and political
characteristics that define regions and describe reasons that
regions change over time.
Indicator
1. Interpret data to make comparisons between and among
countries and regions including:
• Birth rates
• Death rates
• Infant mortality rates
• Education levels
• Per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
2. Explain how differing points of view play a role in
conflicts over territory and resources.
3a. Explain how political and economic conditions,
resources, geographic locations, and cultures have
contributed to cooperation and conflict.
Human
Environmental
Interaction
Movement
Approved: 6/25/09
3b. Examine social, economic and political struggles
resulting from colonialism and imperialism including:
• Independence movements in India, Indochina and
Africa
• Rise of dictatorships in former colonies
B. Analyze geographic changes brought about by human
4. Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization
activity using appropriate maps and other geographic data.
including economic development, population growth and
environmental change.
C. Analyze the patterns and processes of movement of people, 5. Analyze the social, political, economic and
products and ideas.
environmental factors that have contributed to human
migration now and in the past.
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: Economics
Organizing Topic
Markets
Benchmark
A. Compare how different economic systems answer the
fundamental economic questions of what goods and
service to produce, how to produce them, and who will
consume them.
Indicator
1. Describe costs and benefits of trade with regard to:
• Standard of living
• Productive capacity
• Usage of productive resources
• Infrastructure
2. Explain how changing methods of production and a
country’s productive resources affect how it answers the
fundamental economic questions of what to produce,
how to produce and for whom to produce.
Government and
the Economy
Approved: 6/25/09
B. Explain how the U.S. Government provides public
services, redistributes income, regulates economic activity,
and promotes economic growth and stability.
3. Analyze characteristics of traditional, market, command
and mixed economies with regard to:
• Private property
• Freedom of enterprise
• Competition and consumer choice
• The role of government
4. Analyze the economic costs and benefits of
protectionism, tariffs, quotas and blockades on
international trade.
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: Government
Organizing Topic
Systems of
Government
Benchmark
B. Analyze the differences among various forms of
government to determine how power is acquired and used.
Indicator
1. Explain how various systems of governments acquire,
use and justify their power.
2. Analyze the purposes, structures and functions of various
systems of government including:
• Absolute monarchies
• Constitutional monarchies
• Parliamentary democracies
• Presidential democracies
• Dictatorships
• Theocracies
Approved: 6/25/09
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Organizing Topic
Participation
Benchmark
A. Analyze ways people achieve governmental change,
including political action, social protest, and revolution.
Indicator
1. Analyze and evaluate the influence of various forms of
citizen action on public policy including:
• The French Revolution
• The international movement to abolish the slave trade
and slavery
• The Russian Revolution
• The independence movement in India
• The fall of communism in Europe
• The end of apartheid
2. Describe and compare opportunities for citizen
participation under different systems of government
including:
• Absolute monarchies
• Constitutional monarchies
• Parliamentary democracies
• Presidential democracies (Soph. A. History)
• Dictatorships
• Theocracies
3. Analyze how governments and other groups have used
propaganda to influence public opinion and behavior.
Approved: 6/25/09
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History
Standard: Skills and Methods
Organizing Topic
Thinking and
Organizing
Benchmark
A. Evaluate the reliability and credibility of sources.
Indicator
1. Detect bias and propaganda in primary and secondary
sources of information.
2. Evaluate the credibility of sources for:
• Logical fallacies
• Consistency of arguments
• Unstated assumptions
• Bias
Communicating
Information
Approved: 6/25/09
B. Use data and evidence to support or refute a thesis.
3. Analyze the reliability of sources for:
• Accurate use of facts
• Adequate support of statements
• Date of publication
4. Develop and present a research project including:
• Collection of data
• Narrowing and refining the topic
• Construction and support of the thesis